Is hughesclan.com safe?
http://hughesclan.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 67 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Long-standing hobbyist game and software page with a stale antivirus flag and no operator contact details
HughesClan is a personal collection of free browser games and software projects, with a copyright notice dating to 2007. The domain is over 28 years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one antivirus family flagged it in a stale saved observation and no contact email was found on the captured page. There is no evidence of payment processing, subscription traps, or commercial fraud, so the score reflects a low-risk legacy site rather than a dangerous one.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- MinorNo direct contact email was found on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 10290 days old, indicating a long-established presence.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
HughesClan is a personal collection of free browser games and software projects, with a copyright notice dating to 2007. The domain is over 28 years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one antivirus family flagged it in a stale saved observation and no contact email was found on the captured page. There is no evidence of payment processing, subscription traps, or commercial fraud, so the score reflects a low-risk legacy site rather than a dangerous one.
A legacy hobbyist collection, not a commercial storefront
The captured page presents itself as a personal or hobbyist collection of free games and software projects. The visible navigation includes 'Free Games' and 'Projects', and the footer carries a copyright notice reading '©2007 HughesClan. All rights reserved.' This is consistent with a long-running personal site rather than a commercial shop or service.
The registrable domain is 10290 days old, which supports the idea that this is an established personal project rather than a newly created lure. No payment processing, subscription mechanism, or affiliate relationship was found in the evidence.
A stale antivirus flag and missing contact details, but no current threat warning
One independent antivirus family reported an adverse result for this domain. The saved observation is marked stale, so the detection is real but its timing is uncertain and it may relate to legacy software or ad-network behavior rather than active malicious intent. The browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page. That is a transparency gap for a site offering downloads, but it is not evidence of fraud or non-delivery. The site does not disclose an operator identity or registration details in the reviewed evidence.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 67
detectionsSaved analysis from June 9, 2018 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 67
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| BitDefenderMalicious | malware |
All 67 engine results
- BitDefender - malware - Malicious
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- C-SIRT - Clean
- Certly - Clean
- CLEAN MX - Clean
- Comodo Site Inspector - Clean
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- FraudSense - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Malc0de Database - Clean
- Malekal - Clean
- Malware Domain Blocklist - Clean
- Malwarebytes hpHosts - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Opera - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Sophos - Unrated
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Webutation - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZCloudsec - Clean
- ZDB Zeus - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- Zerofox - Clean
- ZeusTracker - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeruncategorized
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
©2007 HughesClan. All rights reserved.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
©2007 HughesClan. All rights reserved.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
HughesClan
- Meta description
Free games and open source projects
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
HughesClan
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 10290 days old, indicating a long-established presence.
- 021 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
Web research findings
Independent findings for hughesclan.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for hughesclan.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainhughesclan.com
- Redirects tohughesclan.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencespagead2.googlesyndication.com · validator.w3.org
Domain Timeline
- Aug 21, 1998Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 28 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 23, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
hughesclan.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for hughesclan.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google AdSense
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://hughesclan.com/
- 2200https://hughesclan.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 67 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Jun 9, 2018 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 67 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jun 9, 2018
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Long-standing hobbyist game and software page with a stale antivirus flag and no operator contact details
HughesClan is a personal collection of free browser games and software projects, with a copyright notice dating to 2007. The domain is over 28 years old and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, but one antivirus family flagged it in a stale saved observation and no contact email was found on the captured page. There is no evidence of payment processing, subscription traps, or commercial fraud, so the score reflects a low-risk legacy site rather than a dangerous one.
09 · Community
Community
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